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News in Brief Animals
Bats beat out dogs as the main cause of rabies deaths in the U.S.
In the United States, bats are mostly to blame for rabies deaths, while rabies transmitted by overseas dogs comes in second.
By Carolyn Wilke | 1:14pm, June 12, 2019
Rhynchomys rats
News | Animals
Worms lure two new species of hopping rats out of obscurity
By Nicoletta Lanese | 10:00am, June 06, 2019
microplastics
News in Brief | Animals
Tiny plastic debris is accumulating far beneath the ocean surface
By Maria Temming | 9:00am, June 06, 2019
dragonfish teeth
News in Brief | Animals
Tiny structures in dragonfish teeth turn them into invisible daggers
By Carolyn Wilke | 11:00am, June 05, 2019
saber-toothed cat skulls
News in Brief | Animals
Fossils reveal saber-toothed cats may have pierced rivals’ skulls
By John Pickrell | 7:00am, May 31, 2019
fish fossil
News in Brief | Animals
A 50-million-year-old fossil captures a swimming school of fish
By Carolyn Wilke | 7:05pm, May 28, 2019
Great Barrier Reef blenny
News | Animals
Shy fish no bigger than a pinkie provide much of the food in coral reefs
By Susan Milius | 1:46pm, May 24, 2019
ecologists with tiger sharks
Wild Things | Animals
Tiger sharks feast on migratory birds that fall out of the sky
By Sarah Zielinski | 12:00pm, May 21, 2019
raven
News | Animals
Bad moods could be contagious among ravens
By Carolyn Wilke | 5:37pm, May 20, 2019
bats hibernating
News | Animals
Vaccines may help bats fight white nose syndrome
By Helen Thompson | 7:00am, May 17, 2019
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